Attachment for carriage-boots.



P. B. YARIAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR CARRIAGE BOOTS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1913.

1,084,999 Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 20, 1914, Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,051.

To all whom it may concern: flange 6 which is provided with a central 55; Be it known that I, Fonnns/r E. YARIAN, opening 7 having pivots seated therein a itizen of the United States, residing at whereby the plates may be pivotally secured Bourbon, in the county of Marshall and to the ends of the, arms opposite to the pivot State of Indiana, have invented certain new WhlCh unites them, the plates each being and useful Improvements in Attachments provided with a horizontal flange 8, which 60 1 for Carriage-Boots, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in holder attachments for carriage boots, and an object thereof is the provision of an attachment which will securely hold the boot of a carriage or other vehicle in either an open or a closed posit on.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an attachment of this character, which comprises a pair of arms which are pivotally connected together at one of their respective ends, the opposite end of one of the arms being pivotally connected to the under face of the carriage boot, the opposite end of the other arm being pivotally connected to thefioor of the carriage, and a spring connected to the arinsnear their pivotal point to hold the arms in either a closed or open position, and thereby hold the carriage boot either in open or closed position.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel construclions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my attachment showing it applied. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary edge view showing the arms in extended position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the arms, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the arms in extended posit-ion.

The attachments are preferably arranged in the carriage box at the opposite sides thereof, and each attachment comprises a pair of substantially counterpart upper and lower arms designated at 1 and 2, respectively, the arms being pivotally connected together at oneend, as at 3. The arms 1 and 2 extend forwardly in the carriage box, and counterpart angle plates or brackets 4 and 5 are pivotally secured to the upper arm 2 and the lower arm 1 respectively. Each of the plates 4 comprise a vertically extending is formed with suitable openings 9 vwhereby the plate 4 may be secured to the under face of the carriage boot, and the plate 5 may be secured to the floor of the carriage. The

arm lis provided with an upwardly extending offset 10 which is bent at its extremity at right angles to the body portion of the arm 2, as at 11, and the arm 2 is provided with a downwardly extending offset 12 near the pivot point posed in vertical alinement with the offset 10, and being provided with a laterally extending apertured ear 13 at its extremity. Connected to the angular apertured ears 11 and 13 are the tractile spring 14, the spring being adapted to maintain the arms in either closed or open position. Formed on the arm 2 is a laterally extending lug 15 which is adapted to engage the edge of the arm of the arms on the pivot 3.

The operation of my device is as follows: In the practical use thereof, one of the holder attachments is arranged within the vehicle box on each side thereof, so that the 85 pivotal point 3 is disposed toward theforward end of the vehicle. The angle plates 4 and 5 are secured to the boot and floor of the carriage respectively, and when the arms are in closed position, posed rearwardly of the pivotal point of the arms. When the boot is raised, it will be seen that the spring 14 is moved forward relative to the pivotal point 3, so that the spring now exerts a pull which tends to 95.

bring the elements 11 and 13 into closer proximity, and holds the arms in open position, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig.

1, so as to hold the boot in open position.

Having thus described my invention what 10! I desire to claim and secure ent is:

In combination with a carriage and a boot connected thereto, a pair of substantially counterpart brackets the boot and the bottom of the box in vertical alinement, a pair of substantially counterpart arms pivotally connected together at by Letters Pat- 3, the offset 12 being disopposite ends of a coiled con- I l to limit the swing the spring 14 is dissecured respectively on 10! w Loeepee one end and each having an end pivotally its intei mediate portion unobstrncted when connected to one of sand brackets, each said such arms are moved upon their pivots. 10

' arm being provided with a lateral apertured In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my extension adjacent to the end at which the signature in the presence of two witnesses arms are pivotally connected, and a con- FORREST E. YARIAN. tractile spring having its ends connected to Witnesses:

the respective lateral extensions and being VVILLIAM A. YARIAN,

so positioned relative to the arms as to have BRODIE W. PARKS. 

